Cultivator



(No Model.)

F. STANGE 82; T. STAEBEB.

: GULTIVATOR. No. 311,268. 6 Patented Jan. 27, 1885.

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UNITE rains ATEN OFFICEQ FRIEDRICH STANGE AND THEODOR STAEBER, OF ELLINWOOD, KANSAS.

CULTIVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,268,'dated January 27, 1885.

Application filed April 27, 1883. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRIEDRICH STANGE and THEODOR STAEBER, of Ellinwood, in the county of Barton and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Cultivators; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to inakeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a detail section showing the connect-ion of the beam with the tongue. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the shovels; Fig. 5, a detail showing the shii'tingrods.

This invention relates to improvements in cultivators; and it consists in the details of construction hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letters A A represent the twin tongues of the cultivator, arranged as shown, having the outwardlycurved ends a a for the neck yokes, and strengthened by the curved brace a near their front ends. Near their rear ends these tongues are supported by the axle B, the mid dle of which rises and forms an arch or bow, b, and thejournals of which rest in the wheels 0, such axles being braced to the tongues, as shown at b b.

Adjustably secured to each side b b of the axle are the sliding boxes cl (1, from which run the supports d" d of the seat D, such seat being arranged some distance above the ground, and vertically adjustable.

Secured to the under side of the tongues A A, in front of the axle B, are two elbow-rods or hangers, E E, one for each tongue. On the arms or gudgeons c of these hangers are piv oted the front ends, f f, of the beam F F, such ends being suitably strengthened by thestraps The arms 6 6 pass through the ends of the beam, and on their projecting ends the right-angled bars 9 g are pivoted,to the depending arms 9 g of which the whiiiletrees are attached. Extending from their rearward and horizontal arms g g are cords g 9 which are secured at their other ends to the evener G,

' fastened to the front of the bow or arch b of angled arms h h at the top, by which they are adjustably connected to a swaying bar, H, pivoted to the rear of the arch b. Secured to these rods are foot'rests h. Secured to the rear of the tongues A A are levers I I, within convenient reach of the occupant of the seat D, and connected to the beam F by chainsi t. At the rear of the axle the beams are connected to the tongues by the swinging braces lair, the said tongue being provided with hooks Ir It, on which the loops it It can be hung when the cultivator is moved about from place to place.

Secured adjustably to the beams F F are the shovelstandards L L, provided with adjustable braces l I. To these standards are secured the lozenge-shaped shovels M. (Shown in Fig. 4.) These shovels have on one side of their points m a long edge, in, and a short edge, m and have a slight concave, as shown. These shovels are to be secured in place differently,according to the work to be done. If the earth is to be thrown upon the corn or other plants, the short edge is turned to the corn. If it is to be thrown away from the plants, the shovel is moved.

In using this cultivator the animals are hitched on the outside of the tongues to the whiffietrees and neck-yokes. The seat D is adjusted to suit the height of the corn or other plants to be cultivated.

As occasion requires the beams F F can be swung upon the arms 0 by means of the levers I I to vary the depth, and by means of the rods H they can be moved from side to side, the driver pushing on the proper foot-rcst, h In this device the draft is low and equalized, the beams can be swung in different planes, and the various parts are capable of adjustment.

Having described our invention, What we claim is In acultivator such as described, the arched axle B and the seat D, in combination with the sliding arms which connect the seat with the axle, whereby the seat is adjustable, as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' FRIEDRICH STANGE. THEODOR STAEBER. Witnesses:

H. W. BooKEMoHLE,

F. W. HOLLMAN. 

